Community Tasting Note

• tvinoronquillo wrote: 89 points

  March 7, 2011 - 100% Arinto fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks. Bright medium lemon core fading to a watery rim and medium legs. Clean nose, medium intensity, developing aromas of dried lemon peel, cooked pineapple, hints of peach and steely minerality. Dry, medium + acidity, medium - alcohol, medium + body, medium + intensity of grapefruit, meyer lemons, apricot and passion fruit with bright underlying minerality. The quality is good and the wine is still surprisingly fresh with a bit of bottle age. If you like dry Riesling and Gruner Veltliner, unoaked Portuguese Arinto should be right up your wheelhouse. Aprox. $12 US retail. Should drink well for another 1-2 years.

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